It's not clear as to whether UNC has received a formal invitation to join the conference.

Ermann -- who correctly reported that Maryland was moving to the Big Ten in 2014 -- tweeted that in addition to UNC, the Big Ten is still pursuing Virginia and Georgia Tech. UVA, according to Ermann, is considered "likely" to join, while Georgia Tech is also "in the mix."

Adding two of those three Atlantic Coast Conference schools would bump Big Ten membership to 16. Rutgers, currently in the Big East, is scheduled to come in with Maryland in July of '14.

North Carolina has not commented publicly on Ermann's report; however, USA Today's Dan Wolken, who was in Atlanta for the Heels' men's basketball game against Georgia Tech, tweeted that "after talking with UNC officials tonight the idea they have anything going on with the B1G seems far-fetched."